Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1911, Page 785

Wanganui

’From our own correspondent.) The parishioners of Wanganui are looking forward to the advent of the newly-appointed parish priest, Rev. Father Holley, which takes place on the same date as that of the Archbishop’s visit. : The Tablet traveller (Mr. Moriarty) informs mo that he has met with a good reception from the Catholics of Wanganui, the clergy having spoken of the Tablet from the pulpit, with the result that the Wanganui circulation of the paper will bo about doubled. . - The ceremonies of Holy Week -were carried out in their entirety in St. Mary’s Church this year, and large congregations were the rule. Solemn High Mass was celebrated on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, an 1 Easter Day, while on Easter Sunday night Rev. Father Gilbert, of St. Patrick’s College, preached the ‘ Resurrection ’ His Grace the Archbishop is expected to be in Wanganui on May 7, when he will administed the Sacrament of Confirmation after the last Mass, and will lav the foundation stone of the new Convent of St. Joseph, on St. John’s Hill, in the afternoon.